Slime! DNA! Solar Telescopes! Junior Scientists Kids' Day Has it All

Saturday, November 7, 2009
9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Mark your calendars now to bring your elementary and middle school children to the seventh annual Junior Scientists Kids' Day. JSKD is a hands-on, fun and educational event planned to inspire excitement in children and their families about the importance of science, engineering and education in general.

This free event, planned and hosted by the University Libraries in a new partnership with Tucson Unified School District's Career and Technical Education programs, features interactive educational science activities for kids in elementary and middle school. The first six years have been highly successful with hundreds of children and their parents, families and friends enjoying the fun and learning more about science and engineering! 

This year more than 30 hands-on, science-related activity tables will engage kids for hours with experiments like:

• Make "Ice Cream & Slime" with the UA Alpha Chi Sigma chemistry fraternity and the Catalina High School culinary program
• Create "Kaleidoscopes" with the UA College of Optical Sciences
• "Have Your Head Examined!" with the UA department of speech, language and hearing sciences
• Have  fun with "Funny Putty"  with Women in Science and Engineering
• Experiment at the "Solar Tech Station" with Sabino High School and the UA's Posada San Pedro Residence Hall
• Imagine space with the "Space Imagery Center" from the UA Lunar and Planetary Laboratory.

The Utterback Middle School jazz band will kick off the event at 9:30 a.m. with a live performance. The activity tables open at 10 a.m.

Audience: All